Chorus It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I’m worried now, but I won’t be worried long 
I went across the river, and I laid down to sleep,(x3) When I woke up, had shackles on my feet 
I asked that judge, what’s gonna be my fine,(x3) Twenty one years, on the Rocky Mountain line 
The train pulled in, sixteen coaches long,(x3) The girl I love, she’s on that train and gone 
I looked down that track as far as I could see,(x3) Little-bitty hand was waving back at me 
Thirty-two links of chain wrapped around my leg,(x3) On each link, an initial of my name 
Twenty one years to pay my awful crime...+2 Twenty one years, but I got ninety nine 
If anyone should ask you who composed this song,(x3) Tell him ’twas I, and I sing it all day long 
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